FAA Deputy Administrator Michael Huerta may have given a glimpse of how the agency and the Obama Administration will promote the GA user fee concept in the coming weeks. According to a report at EAA.org, while outlining the NextGen system status during a speech to the NextGen Advisory Committee in Washington, D.C., Huerta talked about the ongoing struggle for FAA funding. In his speech, Huerta said: “Approximately $11 billion in revenue would be generated over a 10-year period. Most general aviation aircraft are exempt from paying this user fee — more than 80% would not have to pay it. While I understand there is opposition to this proposal, these are difficult times and the deficit is a serious problem. We are all being asked to do our part.”
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It would be very dangerous to open this door! Sorry, not buying this.
Like everything that the Federal Government touches with its cancerous tentacles, it is hell bent on destroying General Aviation!
Like everything that the Federal Government touches with its cancerous tentacles, it is hell bent on destroying General Aviation!
These are treacherous waters that Mr. Huerta is proposing
we cross. Exemptions can be rescinded with the stroke of a pen. This proposal
puts general aviation on a slippery slope towards all flyers being required to
pay for the use of the public airspace.
These are treacherous waters that Mr. Huerta is proposing
we cross. Exemptions can be rescinded with the stroke of a pen. This proposal
puts general aviation on a slippery slope towards all flyers being required to
pay for the use of the public airspace.